I was stoked on the semester to end and for summer to kick in solely (well, not solely but lots, ok?) for the purpose of finally being able to pick and choose which books to read on my own basis and at my own pace, as opposed to tearing through dense German philosopher's works in a matter of weeks or even days (which don't get me wrong, I enjoy, but it does get borderline exhausting). At the top of my summer to do list was 'read at least one novel per month while on summer break'.. but honestly I've been working so much that I really haven't had a lot of time for reading. I'm embarrassed to admit that already two months have gone by and I've only managed to get half way through ONE single book. Which means I will now enter hyper-drive and start reading like a maniac to make up for my utter laziness.
Back in May I picked up 'Big Sur' by Jack Kerouac. I've read Dharma Bums by him which I THOROUGHLY enjoyed and would certainly recommend, and also 'On the Road', which I surprisingly didn't enjoy all that much as I had a tough time getting really into it and conecting with the plot etc. (don't hate me - I know there's a ton of hype surrounding this one). So far I'm liking Big Sur, but not quite as much as Dharma Bums. I'll write another post on this little guy as soon as I finally finish it with my conclusive opinion and also some of my favourite quotes (I like to circle my favourite bits in pen and write little notes as I go along regardless of what I'm reading)!
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